Tomas Pedro Regalado

Tomas Pedro Regalado (24 May 1947-) was Mayor of Miami from 11 November 2009 to 7 November 2017, succeeding Manny Diaz and preceding Francis X. Suarez.

Biography
Tomas Pedro Regalado was born in Havana, Cuba on 24 May 1947, and Regalado and his brother flew to the United States in 1962 following their father's arrest by the communist authorities during the Cuban Revolution. Regalado became a journalist, serving as the news director for Radio Mambí WAQI and as a reporter for Univisión. From 1996 to 2009, he served as a Miami commissioner, and he was elected Mayor in 2009 as a Republican Party member. He served until 2017, when Francis X. Suarez succeeded him.